18:00 – 22:00, Friday 13 February 2026
What a special jam session celebrating love and life, kindly hosted by board member Melanie Smith at MDS Studio and Gallery in the heart of Nørrebro, with readings, drums and honest conversations about LOVE!
19:00, Friday 23 January 2026
Eli writes:
“Things Men Have Said To Me Instead Of Hello is a deeply personal, yet universal, collection exploring the subtleties of sexual violence women experience every single day. By sharing actual messages I received on dating apps – blown up to unignorable proportions and rendered in symbolically feminine mixed media (lace, vintage jewellery, safety pins, pearls) – I want us all to acknowledge how heinous and bizarre this behaviour is. But more than that: how normal and insidious it’s become, and what that says about how far we still have to go. This exhibition is an invitation to see, name, and stop accepting what we’ve been conditioned to tolerate.“
9 August 2025 – Mingle and Move was an art-focused networking event for artists and cultural workers who have an ambition of making the arts and culture sector in Denmark more inclusive.
At the event we shared the resources developed for artists with migration backgrounds and arts and cultural institutions and organisations during the AAA project; provided an opportunity for all of the stakeholders to meet and converse with one another; and showcased the work of talented artists from the IMMART Network who took part in the AAA Mentorship Trials.
26 June 2025 – We had an amazing evening together before heading off for summer at Beat Café in Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Drinks, great company and some of the best tapas in Copenhagen!!
29 May – 1 June 2025 – We were thrilled to be represented at Bornholms Kunstrunde 2025 at Gallerie Lorien with the group exhibition // DIVERSITY//.
This year it is the 10 year anniversary of Bornholms Kunstrunde.
The exhibition included sculpture, ceramics, photography, paper works, painting and drawing by among others, Peter Zelei (Hungary), Behnaz Larsen (Iran), Billie Bailey (Australia), Robin Krepakevich (Canada), Shaanea De Mendis (Sri Lanka), Tim Hensitskyi (Ukraine), Swapnil Srivastava (India), Giuseppe De Bellis (Italy), Hedda Hondon Raa (Denmark) & Andre Brik (Brazil) etc.
The exhibition was well visited and several works sold! Fantastic! We look forward to next year.
Image: Artist Giuseppe De Bellis (IT), Acrylic on canvas. Title – Diversity. 2022.
30 May 2025 – We visited Bornholm for an IMMART Dinner during our collaborative exhibition //DIVERSITY// with Gallerie Lorien Tegn during this year’s @bornholms_kunstrunde. We had a fantastic time with Billie Bailie, Shaanea Mendis and Robin Krepakevich creating works on site and homemade pizza dinner at @gallerielorien hosted by our International Advisory Board Member and friend @tinalorien and held a pop-up kids exhibition on 1 June!
24 May 2025 – We held a wonderful IMMART Dinner together with the artists of Fabrikken at their studio space in Amager, Copenhagen as a part of the ART MATTER Festival.
Artists from Fabrikken, the IMMART Network and other artists came together to share a delicious meal and their artistic practice, give peer support and be inspired across their differences and similarities.
With 50 guests in attendance from all different disciplines, many different nationalities, and a common passion for art and creativity, many new connections were made.
Thank you to our co-organisers, Fabrikken and to the ArtMatter festival for including the event on the program.
16 April 2025 – We visited Shaanea Amantha Mendis at her home to view both her latest work and her wonderful collection of Sri Lankan art.
15 March 2025 – We enjoyed a lovely evening bidding Aska farewell as she prepares to leave Copenhagen. Her exhibition of Copenhagen scenes she has witnessed over the past year or so in drawings and sketches sits so perfectly the cozy surrounds of Ricco’s Coffee Bar in Sydhavn.
The exhibition is on until the end of the month – GO VISIT!!
8 February 2025 – IMMART visited Chris Rini’s first solo exhibition in Copenhagen at Café Månefiskeren in Christiania. Chris exhibited his most recent works in which he is “Drawing, sketching, and painting the people and places, helping Danes see their own home through the eyes of a stranger.” — Chris Rini
It was a wonderful opportunity to meet Chris and friends from the IMMART Network and Chris sold two pieces of his unique wood engraved works!
1 February 2025 – We ~had our annual Meet & Greet at Gallerie Lorien together with the members of the IMMART Network. We had a lovely afternoon chatting about life and art, exchanging good practices and making new acquaintances. Great to see some new faces and we look forward to the year ahead together!
11 January 2024 – We enjoyed an informal gathering and heard more about GAG – Gemini Art Group, an all-female collective of visual artists brought together by a shared passion for creativity and a commitment to mutual support. We also spoke about being accountable for our futures, finding one’s niche, and how and where artistic practice sits with everyday life in Denmark.
20 December 2024 – IMMART Chairperson and Founder Nicol Savinetti will lead a conversation about IMMART past, present and future, and we shall also hear from some of the artists in the network about their art journey here in Denmark.
Come along and meet some fellow artists and art enthusiasts at our first online Meet & Greet!
9-10 November 2024 – Over 70 artists are exhibiting at this year’s Kvinder & Kunst Art Fair and Dyveke, Aska and Sandra from the Gemini Art Group (GAG) are three of them!
We look forward to the fair and to supporting GAG with their very first group exhibition.
See you there!
9 November 2024 – Treat yourself on Saturday 9th November to some magic and come to experience this fusion of art, space, and music. Artist Ughetta Dallimonte warmly invites IMMART to visit her first solo exhibition at the iconic Brøndshøj Water Tower.
If you cannot attend the opening there are two other dates where Ughetta will be delighted to show you her exhibition. Everyone is welcome!
31 October 2024 –
UKK and Aarhus Billedkunstcenter are happy to invite you to ‘What If Diversity Was Not An Issue?’. An afternoon with two workshops carried out by Aysha Amin and IMMART’s Research Curator, Letícia Stallone at KH7 artspace, in Aarhus.
This event is designed to give each person an opportunity to reflect upon it from their social location, examine interactions within and between broader systems of privilege and oppression; and reflect on how their social location does affect their approaches to education, research, and artistic practice.
Participation is free of charge!
28 September 2024 – IMMART visited Chris Rini at his place in Roskilde where we got a sneak peak into his new collection which uses a method of stained wood or as Chris puts it “Stained Wood Glass”.
15 May 2024 – Letícia Stallone and Nicol Savinetti from IMMART will be joined by Tatiana Solovieva in presenting the AAA project at this year’s #StopHatredNow event. Read more about the platform here.
10 May 2024 – How did destiny bring you to Souls Land (Sjælland)❓Why Souls Land❓Why Copenhagen❓How can we as ‘foreigners’ contribute to and increase the overall the well-being of ALL❓ IMMART Member Lian Henriksen welcomed members to her home for a dinner hosted by Lian and one of IMMART’s Incredible Project Managers, photographer Angélique Sanossian.
13 April 2024 – As we enter into spring and the evenings get brighter, we who live in the darkness for many months often feel sense of positivity and a boost in energy. After more than 20 years in Copenhagen, Nicol Savinetti has moved south and invites the IMMART Network to enjoy her new home and some delicious, energy-boosting, seasonal homecooked treats!
March 2024 – We cannot wait to return to Angélique’s place and explore the theme that has been occupying her for some time now. Angélique invites the IMMART Network to an honest conversation paired with equally honest dining at her wonderful home in Virum.
8 February 2024 – As a part of the AAA project, IMMART will host a roundtable debate on ACTIVE INCLUSION with our Erasmus+ partners from France, FACE, and Finland, G.A.P. who will be visiting for a few days, and an array of stakeholders from the Danish arts and culture scene.
This event is closed and attendance is by invitation only.
7 February 2024 – Since 2017 IMMART has been working on a living heritage project called Food Memories, led by writer and researcher Sacramento Roselló. In conjunction with our partnership in the international collaboration LIVIND, we are excited to welcome you to talks on the presence and importance of preserving living heritage in Denmark.
We shall be hearing from cultural practitioners from Spain, Ukraine, Mexico and Finland, as well as representatives from academia and UNESCO.
This event is free to attend, however space is limited and registration is required.
13 January 2024 – The end of 2023 is very busy with ARTIVAL evaluation and the start up of our exciting Erasmus+ project, so we have decided to change our traditional End of Year Drinks, to New Year’s Drinks instead with Gallerie Lorien.
As well as filling you in on IMMART’s amazing 2023, founder of Art Money, Lars Kræmmer shall also give our guests an introduction to his concept of art as currency which has been in existence for 25 years, and is used worldwide.
This event is free to attend and open to all. No registration required.
16 November 2023 – Chris Rini presents the last in the film series on AI in the Art World with the film “In the Realms of the Unreal”. After the screening we’ll move to the café for a discussion about the future implications of AI and machine learning on the greater art world and some food.
In the Realms of the Unreal is a 2004 American documentary film written and directed by Jessica Yu about American outsider artist Henry Darger (1892–1973).
An obscure janitor during his life, Darger is known for the posthumous discovery of his elaborate 15,145 page fantasy manuscript entitled The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred watercolor paintings, collages and other drawings illustrating the story.
3 November 2023 – Join us for an enchanting evening of creativity and culinary delights at “Artists in Bloom.” Your hosts, Eli, Lars and Nicol will be wearing their most exquisite attire (and we’d love you to do so too!) as we gather to celebrate the harmonious fusion of art and gastronomy. Anticipate a sumptuous three-course feast that will tantalize your taste buds and ignite your senses.
There are a few seats left at the table. To sign up, email Nicol on nicol@immart.dk.
Image: “Rich Watching” by Elinor Trier.
28 October 2023 – We enjoyed a pasta pot luck dinner and some adult halloween fun with Romain Lliedo and Studio Cinemagic. Romain took a scene from “The Blair Witch Project”, and we all contributed and learned a lot about making sound effects – it has a name: FOLEY!
It was great fun and highly recommended as a team or even fun family or friends workshop.
16 October 2023 – Chris Rini presented the second in the film series on AI in the Art World with the film “Crumb” and a discussion about the future implications of AI and machine learning on the greater art world.
After the film we enjoyed some food and bar reception, networking with members of both the technology and art worlds.
12 October 2023 – In this Talk, IMMART brought together cultural practitioners, activists and human rights experts to reflect on the state of human rights and anti-discrimination in the cultural sector in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The goal of the session was to identify the areas for improvement and provide actionable recommendations for how these challenges can be addressed.
28 September 2023 – Globe Art Point invited participants to join an online panel discussion that explored the challenges faced by institutions in curating exhibitions and programs that accurately reflect the diverse range of voices, perspectives, and artistic expressions present in contemporary society.
13 September 2023 – What does life in the highlands of Central Asia look like today? How do the people of this region express their sense of identity, continuity and belonging in the face of historical, cultural and economic changes? How can we, as Western audiences, gain a deeper understanding of their living history and reality?
These are some of the questions that the exhibition ASIA Inside Out aimed to explore through the eyes of two local documentary photographers, Guliza Urustambek kyzy and Danil Usmanov, who focus on capturing life in the remote, mountainous regions of Central Asia. The exhibition was part of Asia Week at the Københavns Universitet – University of Copenhagen in collaboration with IMMART, the Asian Dynamics Initiative and curators Cila Brosius and Abel Alazo-Rangel.
1 September 2023 – At our first potluck dinner of the season, visual artist and columnist Chris Rini introduced us to a selection of films exploring the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and the art world, which he will be screening at Copenhagen’s very first cultural center and cinema, Husets Biograf on 14 September.
Image from documentary film Tim’s Vermeer
1 September 2023 – Globe Art Point hosted an interactive panel discussion, where participants and viewers gained practical knowledge on how to navigate the complexities of political advocacy within the art and culture sector.
Watch the recorded session and find full information by clicking below.
24 August 2023 – Red Door Gallery curated this ARTIVAL Talk on “Writing Process and Practice”, a talk on multilingual, multicultural, multimedia writing, by Elizabeth Torres, Yemmi Butterman and Vladislav Nenchev. The three artists intertwined their stories and writing experiences with the cultural landscape of the Nordic communities they’re a part of, beautifully, on the stage of the Nordic Culture Point library in Helsinki.
Watch the recorded session and find full information by clicking below.
19 August 2023 – Artists, empath and entrepreneur Tina Israni welcomed guests into her home for our first IMMART Dinner of the new season.
During this home dinner, Tina kindly hosted conversations about community and care within the artspaces of Copenhagen, and in the city/country in general.
Image painted by Tina Israni.
February to November 2023 we have had numerous events across the Nordic region in conjunction with the cultural festival ARTIVAL RE:CONNECT. From poetry readings in care-homes, museums and bookshops, to exhibitions, kids workshops, and performances, the festival has involved an incredibly diverse cross-section of artists and audiences and shall continue to do so with the live-streamed ARTIVAL Talks that will round up the festival program for 2023.
The IMMART Dinners kicked off in January this year. We have enjoyed monthly dinners at IMMART Network members homes, a picnic in the park, a big breakfast and a couple of potluck dinners at Global Art Gallery (that’s us in the picture!). Check out our Instagram and IMMART Network Facebook page to get a few more glimpses of our beautiful gatherings, and please do sign up for one soon!.
19 January 2023 – IMMART and the Embassy of Mexico in Copenhagen, organised a panel discussion in conjunction with the photographic essay called PERFECT CITIZEN by Mexican artist, Arturo Betancourt, at the Mexican Cultural Institute. The discussion centered around social inertia, apathy, citizen indifference, and the importance of “being” and not just “to exist” in a society that is, as Arturo writes, “used to its own routines”.
In November ’22 we enjoyed a fantastic home dinner with IMMART Board member Sophie Bruun. Guests enjoyed a thought-provoking introduction to the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard’s relationship to the arts, by Kierkegaard expert Benjamín Olivares Bøgeskov. We made a sound recording of the talk and discussion and passed it on to another Kierkegaard expert, Claus Damgaard who then used the content as the foundation for a further bodily exploration of the topics discussed during a workshop in January 2023
8-9 February 2022 – During the conference Norm Critical Leadership. Challenging Norms and Nordic Exceptionalism we asked, how one can become a changemaker and dismantle discriminatory norms, normative structures and hierarchies within the arts and culture sector? What does norm critical leadership mean in different situations and contexts? The conference was unique, intense, tiring and invigorating and we are grateful to have been part of making it happen.
